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LV426

12-08-2003, 02:16 AM

Shadow People

Shadow people are figures seen out of the corner of one's eye. Beings that look like shadows but are solid. Some people rarely see them face on, usually casual glimpses, movement of a person at the periphery of sight, a shadow that flickers and fades.

Some people claim that shadow people are aliens, ghosts, extradimensional beings, or entities that foreshadow death or misfortune. Some appear as animals, some appear as humans, and some appear as unidentifiable creatures.While some people distinctly see a male shape without details, others have described them from shapeless wispy black blobs to swirling columns of dark smoke. Some have odors associated with them while most don't. Their personalities range wildly from shy and skittish to downright nasty, with a few of the living describing them as the ultimate essence of pure evil. One segment of sighters claim shadow people are a type of post human ghost while another camp of folks swear they are strictly elemental.

I have my own experiance with Shadow People. I have seen the flickers at the corner of my vision many times but do not credit those as shadow people. The only true encounter that I consider as meeting a shadow person was back in 1990. I spent a great deal on my grandparents farm in my youth. The last time I was to visit there for more than a few days was the last summer before I moved to Florida. My grandparents live in a rural area far from town. They live on a farm that has 100 acres of and around the house.

One night that summer I was sitting out on the porch listening to the coyotes howling off in the pasture and the screech owl in the barn cry out his hunting call. I was looking out over the front pasture hoping to catch a glimpse of the fox that lived across the creek when I saw something moving in the dark shadows of the trees. I felt a shiver and got goose bumps and the hair on the back of my neck prickled. The front pasture has a big hallogen light in the middle mounted to the tallest evergreen tree. It is always on at night so the front pasture was lit up quite brightly. As I watched the shadows coalesced into figures, that of people. I would say men for they looked like the silouhettes of men, and they walked up from the shadowed woods up the hill and into the light. They cast no shadow behind them, they did not look transparent, but they were black as night.

It was a deep black, a light stealing blackness that began walking up the hill. There were 5 that I saw that night and I got up and walked down the stairs to the gate and stood looking at these 5 shadowy figures. They walked until they reached the light pole and stared at me. I don't know for how long, it seemed like hours but could have been minutes. I just stared at their faceless forms and then they just melted away into the ground and disappeared.

I have never seen that happen again, although I was in Florida once with a friend of mine sitting on my stairs one evening smoking a cigarette when the bushes in front of us, about 15 feet away, began to sway of their own accord, and the bush looked as if it had become immersed in more darkness and all the light around the bush had been devoured. I got the shivers again and we both felt like we were being watched, but we saw nothing and after about 5 minutes the bush went back to normal.

Anyway that is my story and all I know. If any others care to share I would love to read of your experiance.

Quicksilver

12-08-2003, 02:53 AM

Hmm... Well thanks for that info!

The encounters that I have had with them have always been with them along the walls as actual shadows...

Xavious

12-08-2003, 11:12 AM

Iv'e seen one. I can't remember when it was but I was inside doing my homework. I thought I saw something and looked but nothing was there. Later I saw the same thing in the same shape the first one was in except it went the opposite way. I was home alone and it was night. I got scared and went to my room. I stayed there for a while and came out. Everything was okay after that. The way the shadow went it was like it was circling something.

Wolffy13

12-08-2003, 02:09 PM

You come across alleged accounts of shadow people every here and there when you research first-hand ghost experiences. Can't point directly to any particular as they are scattered about the internet but they are out there.

I had an experience, but I'm not 100% sure if it was a shadow person or not. I was sitting in my parents' basement at their computer just playing solitaire. My back was to a basement window which is on the west side of the house and the afternoon sun was shining through, casting sunlight on the floor to my left. For some reason I looked to my right, turning my head 90 degrees and I saw a hooded figure pass behind me, in fact, I almost missed it as if I looked a little too late. I saw it in my peripheral vision and I'm sure I would of looked at it more directly if I hadn't been in a state of shock. I immediately looked to my left and my eyes stopped on the patch of sunlight on the floor, which shifted just as it would if someone walked pass the window. I sat there for probably a full minute staring at the computer screen and decided I wanted to be out of the basement.

Like, I mentioned, I can't be sure what it was, but a friend of mine saw a similar hooded entity watching her from a doorway eight blocks away from my parents' house. My friend's father was a quarter Native American and heavily into his heritage. He made the suggestion that it was a type of skinwalker (and this type is more mundane than the type that has been recently discussed on the site) where the Native American killed a monk or missionary, like the ones you find in Spanish missions or something, and then would put on the monk's/missionary's robes and ask the Christian god for forgiveness for killing a follower. I suppose it's plausible. The urban legend around here is that the city of Evans (the city the events have taken place in and that I live in) is built over Indian burial ground. It would explain a couple things, especially the 6 foot long patch of healthy and prosperous green grass that appeared when my parents were seeding their lawn :shrug: Anyone heard of these types of skinwalkers? And has anyone heard of northeastern Colorado being the place to go to for a final resting place if you were a Native American? By the way, no disrespect intended. I know Denver International Airport was supposedly having some bad problems upon first opening up as well, they eventually had a Native American gentleman bless the place and life has been fine since.

Sorry, I got on a tangent for a minute or two. As far as shadow people go, it's like it was mentioned; no one really knows what they are and they can seem benign or malicious. As far as finding information on encounters, just keep looking and you'll find them.

Ash

12-08-2003, 04:10 PM

Well, thanks for the information. My experiences happened for sporadically over several years. It's been over a year since the last incident.

When I was around nine or ten I noticed a man following me home from my bus stop.(note, I lived a block from a cemetery, the bus stop was only a half block away from the front gates.) I didn't worry about him because I was with my two brothers and several others. He was also quite far away. Maybe a quarter of a block. I could never see him clearly. He was always in shadow. Under a tree, next to a hill, or just suddenly gone. His features were indistinguishable, although I was sure it was male. I didn't even think he wasn't human or normal, he seemed to belong to the neighborhood.

So I dismissed him. But I started to see him everyday, following us. Fed up and a little frightened I asked my oldest brother if he knew who he was since he knew a lot of older kids and adults. He asked me who I meant. I passed it off because apparently he couldn't see him. He was gone by then anyway.

I didn't see the man again for months. I was in a new year in school and had forgotten about him when I saw him again. In a different part of the neighborhood. It was still impossible to see him clearly. He was always shrouded in the shadows or too far away. I didn't try to talk to him, I was afraid I was wrong, that he was just some guy out for a walk and I'd look like an idiot, or worse he would be dangerous and he'd snatch me away if I got close.

I saw him off and on, slways the same following at a distance, never speaking, never making contact, always within a mile of my home.

Other things began to happen too. I had a terrible night terror one night, I woke up terrified of nothing. I was laying on my side with my back to my room and my face to the wall. I couldn't roll over, I was terrified there would be something hideous in the far corner by my door. I got frustrated with myself, demanded that I look, commanded myself to look, but couldn't.

I have always doodled to help study and focus, and pass the time. Now my harmless doodles of stick figures and smiley faces grew sinister. I would doodle a leering demon, or glaring eyes.

And one day I heard my dad, his best friend's car and my uncle's car pull into our gravel driveway. I heard them get out, talk, walk into the house, make coffee, talke some more and laugh and then head out to my Dad's garage. I was busy with homework, so I waited about a half hour, then walked out to the kitchen, which faced our driveway. But, there were no cars parked, no huge 70's muscle cars, no big ass 50's Ford, nothing. So I went out to the garage, it was locked, the coffee maker hadn't been used either. Confused I went back to my homework. That night I asked my Dad if he, Bill and my uncle had stopped by that afternoon. He looked at me like I was nuts and said he'd been in a nearby town at an appointment all day.

I'm not saying this is all connected but it all happened in the same time period.

I continued to see the man, it grew rarer as I grew older and hit puberty. Then I would see a large dog, like a german shepherd, or a dog/wolf. Just like the man it would stay just out of sight and clear identififcation. If he sat still he'd be under a tree or near an embankment, where he'd blend in.

The man and the dog never appeared at the same time but they had to be connected, they were the same mold, or type if that makes sense. Thier movements, behavior, and appearance were too similar to not be connected.

The last time I saw the dog was at the cemetery a couple months before I left for basic training. He sat about three hundred yards from me as I visited my grandparents grave and watched.

The cemetery has never been a scary place for me, my brothers and friends and I would play hide and seek, tag, go sledding, go for walks, and have picnics in the cemetery, it was our playground, and I never really knew my granparents, he died before I was born and she was suffering from severe dementia before I was born as well. So I wasn't hysterically emotional or anything like that.

Anyway, I hadn't seen the man for a year before I last saw the dog. I haven't seen either since I left for basic in another state 2,000 miles (rough guess) away, or since I moved here to Japan. So, I have no idea if they were real, or I was just a nutty kid, or what thier purpose was if they had any.

linkin23

12-09-2003, 10:45 AM

guys, what does it mean when you see these things, cause, I've seen quite a few. A few have been in the shape of my cat, another was in the shape of a little girl. What does it mean?

somuchforsanity

12-09-2003, 02:23 PM

I had one of the most terrifying experiences ever last night...

I had spent half the night researching shadow people online, while talking to my gf on ICQ. We were exchanging experiences, since both of us have had various sightings of these creatures. At one point, I mentioned that ever since I began having m-shifts, I had not seen a single shadow person. She replied saying that that was kind of a freaky coincidence. Then, I began writing another message back. The message basically said that maybe, since I have the ability to connect with my animal side and reach a shifted state, the shadow people see that as a threat and fear me more than I can fear them.

I had not even finished writing the message, when all of a sudden, the power went out in my house. I leaped from my chair, screamed, and faced the darkness of my room. Inside my head I started to hear a sort of whisper saying something like "fear us" or something like it; I cant remember the exact same words but it was something along that line. The power came back almost instantly, and when it did, I could not stop hyperventilating. I was in a complete and total state of horror, I could barely move.

I can't really tell what the hell the whole thing was. It felt like a warning, but I'm not really shure. If someone can shed some light on the matter, I'd appreciate it.

DarkHunter

12-09-2003, 03:21 PM

I always seem them at my aunt's house. One time i was on the pc and I caught movement out the side of my eye. I snapped my head that way to see nothing at all. I'd see them walking around the kitchen at night, looking for something from the looks of it. But I can only catch glimpses. Never full on sights. Being a denizen of the night, I don't fear them. I have more of an academic interest in them. Sometimes they creep up too close to my house. Too close for me anyway. Sometimes my dog will start barking in a direction for no reason. One time I got a good view of one at night. Standing like fifty feet away. Just watching me. I started mocking it, doing imitations of wild west gunfights. It didn't really react.

Personally, I think they're manifestations of elements. Like they said sprites and stuff are. A type of creature triggered and given shape and personality. They live in different ways then we do, and "thrive" in their element. Thats just my idea.

linkin23

12-10-2003, 07:27 AM

ok, guys, im seriously creeped...i've been seeing them like, all my life, but it has gotten worse in the past year and a half. Now, nothing bad has ever happened to me, but I'm seeing them on an average of 5 times a day....WOULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THEY MEAN?????

Quicksilver

12-10-2003, 12:37 PM

Trully, I don't know what they are. They aren't just glimpses... they are more like animated amorphous human shaped darkness. I don't know why they are here, what they are, or anything about them, except that I have seen them, and so have other family and friends of mine I seperate occasions.

Wolffy13

12-10-2003, 12:41 PM

No one really knows, linkin. They're more enigmatic to us than a mere ghost. At least with ghosts we can at least make guesses. I had listened to an interview with psychic Sylvia Brown a couple months back and the person interviewing her (long live George Noory :notworthy :notworthy ... sorry about that) had asked what she thought they were. I want to say she said that they were basically ghosts, but don't quote me on that, I could be mistaken. Still, even if they were ghosts, they're a strange batch, aren't they? Remember though, don't automatically assume they're evil because of color either. The whole "black is evil" is a western belief. It's part of our psychology. Well, anyway, it at least puts a couple of thoughts on the table.

Ash

12-12-2003, 05:02 AM

Well, this is all interesting and I'm glad to know I'm not alone, but all I really want to know is what were they, why me? Are they gone for good, and if so, why? Was it something I did? Or didn't do? To be perfectly honest I think I miss him, he'd been there for years. Always, him or the dog, one or the other, just often enough that I knew they were around. Now, they're not its just a little wierd.

Lilith

12-13-2003, 05:20 PM

I don't think it'll help, or if it's even related but:

A few years ago I was living in my old house. I was home alone, and on the computer (On ww Version 1 actually) and I heard something shatter in one of the back rooms of the house. It sounded like glass or something, I wasnt sure.
I know something happened for sure. My dog heard it. She had been laying down and got up and ran to the door when it happened. I was kinda scared because no one else was suppose to be home.
After a few minutes I went back and looked in everyroom, but I never found anything. There was no sign of anything being broke in any room, and to this day it's never come up.
Not really a big deal.. just happened.

Also, I dunno if this goes along w/ your shadow people, but everynight when I'm fallin asleep I always get the feeling there's someone else there. It's never scary, nothing bad's ever happened, but I feel like something is there in the room with me. Im almost positive, but I've never seen it.

I'm not sure what they mean, and I'm not too eager to find out. They don't really bother me. I actually don't ever talk about them really.
Like I said, I dont know if they are related, but I decided to post it for those of you who were asking.

Vehmatis

12-15-2003, 10:45 PM

Hmm, Shadow people.

To my knowlege they are a ghost-like beings of unknownd origin. Their color, or lack there of, is caused by the dirruption and absorbsion of surrounding energies. This seem to make it so they seem to be shadows. Apparently they only become truly visible and observable under certain conditions thus causing the corner-of-the-eye glimpse, though people who posses high awarness and/or phychic abilities can see them better than others. They are usualy sensed rather than seen and if around there presense is usualy unmistakeable. Like people their personalities vary and therefore they can be good or evil, though it seems the the more bad/destructive ones are more common due to the fact that they are noticed more because of their actions. Some say shadow people are responsible for poltergeist activities.

For my own experience many separate accounts especialy a few years back. I live on the edge of a forest and for a while I could not go for a walk without sensing or observing one. most of my encounters were fleeting and most did not bother me. I only encountered one really angry one about 4 years ago. I think it was just blowing off steam but it seemed dwell/influence and very large area. It didn't seem to want to directly harm anything but was causing havoc in its area. Then a day later it way gone. Since then, I have not encountered one that way that influencial.

As for why they are attracted to some people? I don't know. Maybe they feed off attention and so would find people who could observe them and aknowlege their presense. :shrug:

That's all I have for now I'll post more as I get info.

Lupa

12-29-2003, 04:34 AM

Well . . . now I'm scared clean out of my mind and I'll never sleep or tolerate being alone again. Ever. And here I thought I had that stupid fear-of-the-dark thing beat. Silly me. Nervous, paranoid people should never read threads about creepy things. Ya learn something new every day.

Curiosity skinned the wolf . . .

Xavious

12-31-2003, 06:03 PM

I saw another one last night though I'm not sure. I was outside at about 11:00 pm and I saw something. It was grey (which means it wasn't a shadow person) but it wasn't a bird or anythng else cause it was in the air for a few seconds before it disappeared and it seemed to just appear. When it left I felt like I was being watched.

AlphaSilverBlood

01-21-2004, 03:35 PM

While being stationed in Kaiserslautern Germany I had a really close up experience with a "Shadow Person."

It was around midnight, give or take, and I had just turned the lights off in the room. As my head hit the pillow I witnessed a human form that was darker than the room approaching me from the otherside of the room. It layed it's hands across my chest while bringing its dark face close to mine, I was paralyzed, it felt like I was underwater. I stared into where its eyes should of been but saw nothing. At that moment my room mate entered the room and turned the lights on an caught a glipse of "it" as it quickly vanished. He asked me what the hell it was, I just stared at him not knowing what to say. Now that I am back state-side my family has witnessed these beings on a pretty normal basis hanging around the entrance to my bedroom. They have stated that in the middle of the night when they get up to use the bathroom or get some water they notice what appears to be the shadow of children near my door. I don't know what to make of them, but I don't sense they are there to do any harm.

linkin23

01-22-2004, 07:22 AM

guys, i think i might know what they are...astral projectors. What do you guys think?

LV426

01-22-2004, 04:44 PM

guys, i think i might know what they are...astral projectors. What do you guys think?
While astral projecting could be a possibility that doesn't explain the various experiances of certain people, myslef included. Another thing is that in astral projection it is very rare to see the projector as a corporeal being. Another point is that why would there be someone astral projecting to these people at the times that these shadow people appear? I just don't see the astral projecting theory holding up under scrutiny.

You also have to realize that true astral projection is highly difficult for people to accomplish.

MorganaFang

01-27-2004, 09:55 AM

In some stories shadows are the remnants of old ideas and beliefs made into a conscious form. A (dorky) reference to this is in the Final Fantasy near the end of the game where you discover Shuyin (the antagonist) is just a shadow of the real deceased Shuyin's emotions and anger. Another book that has some information, yet is set in a fictionaly for is Forests of the Heart.

Ves

01-31-2004, 11:30 PM

Well I was not expecting to see a post on these things.

A few years ago, a friend of mine who's a psychic medium and practising Spiritualist described to me what he and the others in his temple simply refer to as "Shadows". Scared the crap out of me so he did.
I can't remember the exact details, I was very very drunk at the time. But they apparently look very similar to whats been described here, though actual sightings were supposedly rare. They are attracted to people with depression and other negative emotions and feed off these emotions. They are also often what turns up when an untrained medium performs a seance, or when an Ouija board is used, they use this as an opportunity to do mischief or harm.

The spiritualists aren't certain what the Shadows are, but the description I was given was that they are spirits which have gone bad. I've no idea what you can do about them I'm afraid. Just try not to be depressed and starve the bugger out.

Dust2Dust

05-23-2004, 02:27 PM

This happened today, around 2 am.

I've been researching shadow people, lightly. Nothing too big, just reading experiences of others to see if something that happened to me a long time ago was connected to these things.
I went to bed, and after sleeping for just a little while, I woke up to my dog screaming. He's not very old, and has a shrill yelp. I was awake instantly, and I looked to see what was wrong. He was fine, but shaken up over something. I decided not to go back to sleep, and I stayed up the rest of the night. Around 5-6 in the morning, when the sun was coming up, I thought I would get back to sleep. I pulled the covers up, and got this weird feeling, so I jerked the covers back down, and maybe 3 feet over my head was this black blob. I was up and over the coffee table in half a second, and had the light on quicker. It had disappeared as fast as I had seen it. There is no way I was asleep.

That's not all. A few moments later...

I had the TV on Music choice, listening to an Adema song. I walked to my fridge, and while my back was to the TV, the channel changed.
I turned and looked at it, and the channels began to change rapidly, flicking through "snow" and all sorts of interference. This has happened before, but everytime my father fixes it, it happens again, never like this though. The channels changed, skipping a few at a time.
I walked toward the tv, and just to see what would happen, I said "Will you please stop that?"
And it did. The TV turned off and sat idle for a moment. Then it came back on, and started changing again. I said "Now!" with a bit of anger in my voice, and it stopped, turned off, and sat there for a very long time. I turned it back on, and had no more problems.
I was rather freaked out, so I went outside, having left the TV on, to get some fresh air and play with my dog, who was favoring a leg that seemed hurt. I came back inside to find the television turned off. I shook it off, and put on some Breaking Benjamin to listen to. Everytime I tried to watch anything after I got back inside, the channels kept changing, so I gave up.
I got on the computer, then fell asleep in the floor in front of the computer. Nothing else has happened today....

Nightmagick

08-12-2005, 05:43 PM

Hello all newbie here. I came across this site when i was trying to figure out these things i have seen all my life. They seem to have some sort of reason behind them but i have yet to find out what but in the past two years they come more and more. The many times i have seen them are the same as anyone here but them seem to be getting brave the more i see them they no longer run for example i was walking down my driveway and of course it was around midnight and felt that the shadow man was there so i turned sharply around and there it was nearly face to face with me. We both just stood there in total bewilderment like that was not supose to happen and me being me i told him to go away in a rather rude way lol and turned back around and starting walking i take it as he went away till the next day anyway. They are the weirdest things i have yet to see they are blacker than the night if that makes sense yet i have only ever seen one which was the first time i ever saw them and the eyes were an piercing red color ever since that night they have been lurking about me and are getting worse as i get older.Some come and when they do it is the same black shadow thing only these are different they bring this ringing noise in my ears and a faint whisper that i can not make out.Like your standing in a crouded room full of hundreds of people all whispering at one time. Some times ( and this is going to sound crazy lol) I can hear them in my head only i tune it out for fear of what i might find out. well thats what i have had happen to me and i am looking for some meaning behind all this and once i find it i will post it here. Love and Light to all thanks .

Ves

08-13-2005, 02:26 PM

I was chatting about this to a ceremonial magician the other day (as you do). I described shadows to her and asked her what she thought they were and she reckons they were very much like demons. Interesting I thought.

alue_wolf_spirit

08-13-2005, 09:18 PM

When I lived in New Orleans we had a Shadow Person. I would see him, most often from the corner of my eye, but a few times directly. He was a shodowy, human form on the wall. A few times I came home and lights were turned on and once every faucet in the house was running. He never hurt us, and was a cool roomate.

XWOLFX

08-13-2005, 10:27 PM

I have seen a video (on the internet, so it is probably fake or planned) but a lady and her sister or cousin or friend, can't remember was talking on a web cam, that takes the picture every few seconds, well the sister went away to go get something, and a completely black silouette of a man walked in, and it took a picture of it, he had no features that you could see. The webcam took another picture, and the man was gone. The sister asked the other if there was anyone else in the house, and the sister said no...Duh Duh Duuuhhhh!

I've read the story and seen the pictures, but not sure if it is true or not, you decide.

Canis Dirus

08-14-2005, 12:26 AM

Reading this thread is slightly scary in its own right, mainly because more than one of you have a story about shadow men. When one person believes something, and shares what they know, and find out that someone else knows the same thing, or has seen the same thing, thats when it takes on a different level. It gains momentum and plausibility. I dont know what shadow men are, but I have seen a multitude throughout my life as well. I think they may be echoes of memories and emotions. There's no way to discern whether or not they are harmless, because there's no way to fully understand them. Your best bet would be to just keep your eyes open and try to get to an area with more light, just to be on the safe side. The most I've experienced from them is extreme chill, but that is due mainly to nerves and fear of the unknown.

Lance Walker

08-14-2005, 01:53 AM

Well, to be honest with you all, I had heard of this topic before, but I had thought that it was just a myth. But reading all of this now, I'm afraid I might have had an experience like this a few months ago.

I can't remember when exactly it was but one night I came home from a nearby city (since I live in a rural area with very few people around me) from a club. I had had a few drinks a few hours before and had turned off the lights in my room and went to bed. A few moments later as I lay awake with my eyes closed thinking about nights events, thinking of as I guess all drunk men do after they've had a lousy night trying to pick up women, that I wished I had a woman right then and there with me.(You'll be happy to note I have one in my life now thank God :))

Anyways, for some reason I had opened my eyes and just happened to glance over at the door to my room, which was closed. It was at this time that I saw the shape of a woman only she was all black and other than that had no other distinction. The only problem was that both the spot she was standing in, and much of my room for that matter was covered in shadow. Yet there she was. I remembering thinking something to the effect of "What the hell?!" But anyways, curious as to what this was and thinking that I was hallicinating (since I had heard that alcohol can make you hallicinate, though I'd always thought this meant the homeless guy who downs a bottle of Jack Daniels for his meals) I got out of bed and walked over to the door and put my hand out try and touch this thing (keep in mind I'd had a few and half way thought this might be a real person too). Anyways, as I tried to touch it and my hand touched the door, it began fading away, into the door, almost as if it were shying away from me or something, and in a matter of seconds had disappeared from my sight completely.

For the longest time I thought it was just my imagination playing tricks on me, but now I'm not so sure. Which is kinda why I need your opinion on this guys. All jokes aside with me having a few in my system (I'm a lightweight when it comes to beer, but I'd only had about four and can still function well enough even at that amount) I'd kinda like to know what, if anything it was? Was it just a hallicination, or does anybody think it could have been one of these shadow people. I haven't seen anything else like it since then, but I have had experiences with things that I couldn't see but I knew where there being in the room with me. ie: my door opening up just a crack of it's own accord and then something scraping it's nails along the wall, brushing the attena of my tv and my camera, which was hanging on the wall next to it, as it passed by. Or other times when I was stressed and I was sitting my bed and I head my bed creak as something sat down next to me. I mention these last too since when I was younger about 16 I developed an unhealthy fixation on werewolves and wanted to be one. Needless to say I did strange things to accomplish this goal like going out at night and staying out for hours on end and for a time even thought I was a werewolf. There are other experiences that go along with that but I won't tell them to you guys since it would detract from the topic of this thread. Though if anyone wants to know then they can pm me and I'll discuss them then only if the person seriously wants to know and isn't trying to mock me. Interesting enough though, when I was eighteen I attended a revival service and was told by a preacher there that he thought that I was under the influence of a demon. I've since got that problem corrected. And think that the later experiences such as the thing sitting down on the bed with me was an angel or something. Point is even to day I've had experiences with things that I can't see but are clearly there. So I kinda wonder if what I saw by the door was a shadow person and if it's connected to these other events somehow, or maybe if it's interested in me (no pun intended :p ) due to my past experiences.

Well, I'm out. Just my $2.50 to contribute to this. Hope this helps.

Later all,

Lance Walker :cool:

Tayci Bear

08-14-2005, 12:16 PM

I know this is a stupid question but what are shadow people exactly. I only see and feel ghosts. Are they like that. I often see things run across the doorway from the corner of my eye.

Ves

08-14-2005, 12:49 PM

I know this is a stupid question but what are shadow people exactly. I only see and feel ghosts. Are they like that. I often see things run across the doorway from the corner of my eye.
Like most supernatural things, nobody really knows for sure. Most of the theories that are extant are mentioned in this thread, so have a read :D

I should point out that this is more than simply seeing movement out of the corner of your eye, or other "floaters" in your sight (which are perfectly explainable in science). It's far more detailed than that and can be accompanied by an actual feeling of a presence (usually malignant). Seeing them straight on is exceedingly rare, and is usually restricted to people with very specific gifts, or those who "know what to look for". Usually sightings which are attributed to shadow people are actually something else (like there's something akin to "usual" when talking about the supernatural).

Lance Walker

08-14-2005, 11:45 PM

Tayci Bear--I know this is a stupid question but what are shadow people exactly. I only see and feel ghosts. Are they like that. I often see things run across the doorway from the corner of my eye.

While nobody truely knows for sure I have my opinion on them. I think they're either demons or evil spirits. Both of which are mentioned in the old testament of the bible, though it only mentions that you should, "beware evil spirits." And as far as what can be done about them, well I have a few ideas. 1). Leave the lights on in an area if possible that you've seen them in repeatly. Things like this seem to thrive in darkness and thus hate light and shy away from it. Think of it as like putting out scented candles to ward off misquitos. 2). Ignore them if possible and if you can't ignore them then stay calm and try and not give in to fear. Cause if they are evil spirits or demons then they thrive off of fear too. Angers good too, as long as it's not the negative kind which can lead to fustration. Also do not try and engage them in a physical fight since they can most certianly harm you, but you can't hit what doesn't have a physical form. 3). Demand that they leave. I mean, after all it is YOUR room, house, etc. How dare they think of invading it and causing you problems. Though keep in mind that you are still just a human being and thus they're still more powerful than you are. Just don't doubt yourself or they really won't leave you alone. 4). Lastly, if all else fails pray to God. I know that they're are a lot of people who don't like the big guy around here, but it would be foolish to dismiss Him either when dealing with these sorta measures. Even if you aren't one of his faithful, He still loves you and if you believe He can help you then He will help you. Just command them to leave in His name and don't doubt his power. I'm not saying they still won't put up a fight and you may have to repeat the process over the course of several days to finally get them to leave you alone, but it will work if you're persistant in it. I say this cause I once heard of a case of a man who had fallen asleep on the couch in his house. Yet when he woke up he saw a black form of a person jump on him and basically hold him down where he couldn't move and worse couldn't breath. After trying for several seconds to free himself, he cried out to God in his head to save him. Next thing he knew another form appeared, this one of all light, that grabbed the thing (I didn't know what it was at the time but know I believe that it was one of these shadow people) and pulled it off of him. I think it might have been on Montel when that Silvia woman was on one time.

Also, I heard of a case on a show where a woman was plagued by nightmarish dreams all night long. She tried moving from place to place to escape the horrid presence that was haunting her home, but it kept moving with her and wouldn't leave her alone no matter how many times she moved. Finally, after moving to a home in Hawaii, she consulted an old medicine man there and he told her to pour a fine circle of salt all the way around her home. She did so and remakably the nightmares and other odd things happening to her stopped and haven't happened again to this day. So, even though I'm not a fan of magic by any means, you never know, this salt thing might work too.

Plus in reviewing this thread again, I came to relize that I've had possibly one than more experiences with these things. It must have been a few days before halloween when after having experiences with things I couldn't see at night in my bedroom (I've come to believe what with all the attention on ghosts and such that things that go bump in the night are stronger at these times of year than most) one day while my pet cat was in the room with me, he kept wanting to go over to one of the corners of my room where some stuff was piled up on a bookshelf there. So, finally I let him go there and he did the strangest thing. He looked straight up at the ceiling and started moving his head in a circle almost as if he could see something there that I couldn't. Well, I happened to look up at where he was looking and I saw a shadow on the ceiling, and a rather small one at that, going round and round in a circle. I still don't know what it was but maybe it was one of these shadow people. *shrugs* Plus also during that time this same cat would go into my brothers old room and meow at the celing in there even though there was nothing in there. Normally I would have chalked it up to just his crazy antics cept for the fact that he'd been doing that all night according to my mother and acting strangely.

Well, that's all I've got to input on this. Anybody else got anymore interesting stories or theories on this?

Well, I'm out.

Later all,

Lance Walker :cool:

Dalai Panda

08-15-2005, 12:21 AM

http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Shadow_Person.html

Look familiar, anyone?

Lance Walker

08-15-2005, 01:08 AM

Whoaaa...scary! Though mine looked like a person and not a flying blob. I honestly think that's an evil spirt floating around in that picture. But that's just my opinion. Thanks for the link Dalai_Panda. Those were some great pics. Anybody else have any pics like that? Just curious.

Later all,

Lance Walker :cool:

Ves

08-15-2005, 06:22 AM

That pic does look suspiciously like a description of demon summonings I've heard, though if memory serves, there's a source of smoke in those that the spirit manifests in.
To be honest, I take everything that's taken on a webcam and/or posted on the internet along with a "OMFG look at this" type ramble of text with a really big pinch of salt. People that are talking crap tend to sensationalise to make their story sound more incredible (thus I'm afraid I'm also taking many of the stories here with a pinch of salt too - no offense intended).

Dalai Panda

08-15-2005, 02:29 PM

Thanks for the link Dalai_Panda.

Sure thing. Go ahead and check out the rest of the site, particularly under the "odd pics" section. I think there might be some more shadow dude pics lurking around in there.

WhiteCrowUK

08-15-2005, 04:54 PM

I know this is a zombie thread, but I cannot believe I missed it the first time around, as this is one of the few paranormal things which really interest me.

I've had "experiences" of seeing these kinds of shadow figures. I dont think they are ghosts as much as for my a psychological thing - I'm usually HIGHLY stressed when I see them, and just think the mind sees things it most fears. I dont think its "imagining things" as much as "misinterpreting things" - like the other night in the bathroom, I was sure I saw a ghostly face behind me in the dark mirror. Next morning I noticed there was a large smear on the mirror - the mind can play tricks.

Never-the-less the whole "shadows" idea does intrigue me, and I have my own theories about how they fit in, but its more "hey would make a great book" stuff.

alue_wolf_spirit

08-16-2005, 04:15 AM

I agree. When stressed I often will be paying attention to a movie or the PC and see the cat out of the corner of my eye, but its really a blanket the fan blows. But there are other instances where I think they are real occurences, but I think the mind has to be clear and open to really see them.

WhiteCrowUK

08-17-2005, 11:28 AM

Another good entry on shadow people here ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_people

celticwomenfudah

08-17-2005, 02:55 PM

I have seen one I think but it might have been a demon. Who knows what it was but it was a dark being that has done no harm to me.

Darth Cluich

08-17-2005, 03:01 PM

I have seen one I think but it might have been a demon. Who knows what it was but it was a dark being that has done no harm to me.

Not all black people are criminals, y'know, and they're certainly not demons. In fact, aside from skin color, they're really no different from you and me. :p

Ves

08-17-2005, 03:08 PM

I have seen one I think but it might have been a demon. Who knows what it was but it was a dark being that has done no harm to me.
You know demons, as a rule, aren't well known for being things that "do no harm". In fact they're quite famous for doing quite the opposite of that. Come to think of it, shadow people aren't well known for their benign properties either, as you can see from the rest of this thread.

As a rule of thumb (and this isn't directed at the quotee), if you have something like a "ORBZ!" reaction, then you've probably not seen anything wierd, and it's in your head.

celticwomenfudah

08-17-2005, 03:54 PM

You know demons, as a rule, aren't well known for being things that "do no harm". In fact they're quite famous for doing quite the opposite of that. Come to think of it, shadow people aren't well known for their benign properties either, as you can see from the rest of this thread.

As a rule of thumb (and this isn't directed at the quotee), if you have something like a "ORBZ!" reaction, then you've probably not seen anything wierd, and it's in your head.

Ah who knows I get weirded out when I don't get enough sleep anyways. And I'd say you are probably right because between school and work I never get sleep.

Ves

08-17-2005, 04:08 PM

Ah who knows I get weirded out when I don't get enough sleep anyways. And I'd say you are probably right because between school and work I never get sleep.
Yeah that sounds like what's known in the trade as "sleep deprivation" which causes effects similar to what you're describing and later causes full on hallucinations (which are great!)

perpetual sorrow

08-17-2005, 07:17 PM

I don't care what they are, but all of you finally freaked me out in so many ways...

Dalai Panda

08-18-2005, 03:37 PM

Why can't I see things like this? Is it because I'm sane, insane (my hypothesis) or just lacking in some kind of sixth sense? My Wiccan friend says that I'm lucky I can't see anything....all the same, it doesn't mean I can't be curious.

Darth Cluich

08-18-2005, 03:53 PM

Why can't I see things like this? Is it because I'm sane, insane (my hypothesis) or just lacking in some kind of sixth sense?

The answer is A.

Dalai Panda

08-18-2005, 04:43 PM

Hurray!

WhiteCrowUK

08-18-2005, 05:33 PM

The answer is A.

Come off it - you dont have to be insane to see things ...

BeoWulfXXX

09-03-2005, 08:21 PM

I geuss I would be pretty sane and rational person. I have seen this things before one four but only as a foreshadow of death. Mostly I've haven't had the time to get a good look at one because I had more pressing matters on my hands. But I have seen one very well and it was very close. In my opinion they are real.

Darth Cluich

09-06-2005, 06:24 AM

Come off it - you dont have to be insane to see things ...

True. Drugs help.

Redwolf_Claw

09-06-2005, 11:51 AM

This thread reminds me of a short story I read that was pretty freaky...

This one woman was in a car accident and hit her head. She was in a coma for a month before she woke up and was able to go home. One night about a week later she looked out her window and saw about 6 dark figures out on the street. It looked like they were measuring things. Some were measuring and ploting on the road and some were measuring a tree. She watched them for about 5 minutes before they went away. Thinking this was all just some sort of practical joke she went back to watching TV. About a half hour later she hears a big crash just outside her house. It seems a car had skidded across the road and hit a tree. The same tree the dark shadow people were measuring. Even the skid marks were in the same place. The next day she had her husband take her to the doctor and he said nothing was wrong. She thought it was just her imagination until she started seeing them everywhere. She would be walking down a street and see a bunch of them measuring the chest of a man and a day later she would read in the paper that the same man had had a heart attack. She became more and more tense and withdrawn. Her husband was wondering if she was crazy.

The worst happened one day in the park when she was relaxing and trying to forget about the black shadows when she looked over at a little girl playing with her dog. All of a sudden a couple shadow people came out from behind trees and started to measure the little girl. They measured her hands and feet then they started to poke and prod... measuring her crotch. The woman could not stand it and started waving her arms and shouting at the shadows to get away. The shadows looked at her and slowly withdrew from the girl and dissappeared.

Her husband had had enough and the next day he put her in the hospital for tests. She knew she was going crazy and did not know what to do. Then out of the walls 2 shadow people walked up to her and started measuring her neck... She smiled in relief and for the first time in months felt a big weight lift from her shoulders... "Yes.." she said, " I guess I will hang myself..."

I figured this might have something to do with some of the theories that shadow people prophisize doom...

Ves

09-07-2005, 02:45 AM

This thread reminds me of a short story I read that was pretty freaky...
Someone's been watching too much "Dead Like Me" by the sound of it.

Grand_Scholar

09-07-2005, 04:01 AM

I've seen these, even head on, just lying down on my sofa... They're usually in my family room, while I'm in the office (which is where the sofa is). I've not yet classified them as Shadow People, but my friend has seen them while he was spending the night at my house, and he called them Nightmares the next morning since he woke up screaming during the middle of the night. I highly doubt they're the reason he had the nightmare, I think he let his fear get the best of him.

Redwolf_Claw

09-07-2005, 11:35 AM

Someone's been watching too much "Dead Like Me" by the sound of it.

I have never seen "Dead Like Me" I have not had cable for about 6 years. Plus the book was copywrited 1997...

Ves

09-07-2005, 12:29 PM

I have never seen "Dead Like Me" I have not had cable for about 6 years. Plus the book was copywrited 1997...
Was only jesting, fear not. It's conceiveable the writers of Dead Like Me were inspired by the book you mention.

Redwolf_Claw

09-08-2005, 10:29 AM

Was only jesting, fear not. It's conceiveable the writers of Dead Like Me were inspired by the book you mention.

I know:D but still...the author might have done some research on shadow people and then wrote the story... seems kind of creepy to me. I would never want to see that stuff happening myself. *shivers*

CeautCuChulainn

11-08-2005, 11:29 PM

Hello all, I just stumbled onto this board and read through this thread and it brought back some experiences I've had from college. I'm not sure if what my friends and I experienced are what you have described as shadow persons but they seem to fit the bill.

A few years ago we started noticing black shapes in the night. One night a handful of us took a walk in the moonlight and noticed something black and amorphous looking on the ridge by the road trailing us, moving like a cat on the prowl. The dogs in the area went hay wire so we got a little weary and kept our eyes on it. Every once in a while we'd catch eyeshine off of of it, always silver. A few hundred feet down the road a gaggle of cats surrounded us, the dogs quieted and our stalker dissapeared. After a little confusion we continued on and the cats formed a circle around us and escorted us along the road for about fifty feet before they stopped and refused to go any further, we looked further down the road and in the road was a huge shadowy form with an indistinct shape as well. Quickly agreeing that a brisk walking retreat was the only viable option we turned and walked as fast as we could and the cats escorted half the distance back to my friends house never breaking their circle until we reached their home at which point the two in front continued with us to my friends house. after all the cats dissapeared the dogs started up again.
Then the next night we decided to be stupid since it was still a full moon and we gathered another friend, and trekked up the hill behind my friends house. We made it about a hundred feet up and to a bend before we surrounded on our sides and ahead of us by several of the shadowy figures varying in shape and size. They gave off a unpleasant feeling and we quickly retreated.
We made numerous excursions into those woods at night and have had several unpleasant encounters. Suffice to say the are all over this place and didn't much care for us. I've tried to find information on them in the past but have never found anything of value.
Anyway, I'll skip further rambling and just say that the things we've encountered seem to like staying in groups and vary in size and are very organized when they want to be. Also some give off eyeshine ranging from silver to gold even when no light source is present. They really aren't pleasant things to be around either.

Has anyone encountered anything like this?

Butt-Pirate

11-09-2005, 03:07 PM

You know demons, as a rule, aren't well known for being things that "do no harm". In fact they're quite famous for doing quite the opposite of that. Come to think of it, shadow people aren't well known for their benign properties either, as you can see from the rest of this thread.

As a rule of thumb (and this isn't directed at the quotee), if you have something like a "ORBZ!" reaction, then you've probably not seen anything wierd, and it's in your head.

No offense but um, demons are not all bad. Some actually are good. Well, they can do some nice things. Just depends if they like you or not.

FocusedWolf

11-12-2005, 02:14 AM

Shadow People...some appear as unidentifiable creatures.While some people distinctly see a male shape without details, others have described them from shapeless wispy black blobs to swirling columns of dark smoke.

!!! i saw video of what you describe on the halloween episode of that ghost hunters scifi channel show... in the haunted brewery...they cought film of this black glob spector thing bobbing around....

it's 3:14 am and now i have to goto bed (hate college homework) thinking of freaky stuff... yay! :P

grasshopper

12-11-2005, 02:56 AM

I just stumbled on this site and I can say that I feel relieved that others have had these encounters.

My family and I bought a house in Iowa that was over a hundred years old. It was very inexpensive for a four bedroom home on five acres. We were thrilled. When I moved into the house I did not believe in ghost, it took me nearly three years to admit that the freaky occurences in the house were not natural and at that point we sold the house.

My hubby worked at night, coming home early every morning. One night I woke up in what I can only describe as an unthinking terror. At the foot of my bed was a shape that I still think of as male. It was a shadow with no distinct features. Infact, it was just a human shaped blob. I was certain that it was evil and meant me no good.

I came off the bed and ran out of the room, screaming. Panicing is not part of my normal personality. But I can only describe what I felt as a sort of animal fear. There was absolutely no thoughts going through my mind, just intense horror.

Luckily, as I reached the front door my hubby was coming in. He calmed me down and checked the room. Nothing was there.

The frightening part was not seeing the shadow form but experience an out of control emotion.I have never felt such extreme terror like that before.

BrokenDreams

12-15-2005, 01:36 PM

this is disturbing. i used to think that i was the only one....

when i was a baby, my mother said i would follow things with my eyes, things she couldn't see. there were times when i would be playing, perfectly happy. my head would snap up and i would be looking at a fixed point for a few moments, then i would start to screeam and cry.

when i grew older i would always ask her if she could see them. she would ask who. i always said the Night People or the Shadow People. at night i'll be sitting in my room and i will see someone standing across from me, sometimes i'll see some one standing just inside my closet door. it scares me still. i get the feeling the mean harm. that they are not here simply to watch.

my friend and i were sitting in her liveing room. with a wigi board. we really don't believe in it mostly but that night when we put our hands on it, i got the feeling they were there. we both looked over to the staircase and these three shadow men where there. all i could see on their face was bright eyes and big manic smiles. everything else was featurless. they began to crawl, not walk ..CRAWL!, with inhuman grace toward us. we screamed and tried to let go of the little pointer thingy but we couldn't. they got closer and closer. this horriable feeling came over me, this dread. when they were within touching distance we finally managed to get our hands off the board.

i see this stuff all the time. almost on a daily/nightly bases. it scares me just as much as when i was a baby..

sai_fujiwara

12-29-2005, 11:46 PM

:eek: shiver...

I've had only two experiences that I can think of.

The first time that was a definite was a year or two ago in my old house...

I was in the upstairs kitchen looking out through the back door leading to the patio, which led out to the backyard (big one too.)

anyway, i was lookin toward the big trees near my driveway and I clearly saw one out of the corner of my eye. It was in the shape of a man, full black, wispy too. if you've ever seen Lord of the Rings, and the third Harry Potter movie, then take the ring raiths, and the dementors and mush them together. It was a HUGE black cloak, and I was it for a split second before turning towards that direction. It was noon, no clouds in the sky, and no shadows what so ever, and I saw one. On my lawn. going towards my neighbors fence...

next thing I knew, my dear neighbor had cancer, and her black lab got old. a few months later, she died.

I take that as an omen if I ever saw one.

the other time was in day-light too. i was on vacation at my aunt's and uncle's place. they were building their house, and only the framework was up. They sent my brother and I out to pick up the nails. My brother got bored after a while and went back to their trailor, leaving me alone. I was on the first floor, around the "living room" area, when I saw one. it was in the shape of a workman, and I could have sworn that there was a bunch of them. They just sort of faded into view. They stood around me, looking at what I was doing. I looked at them, then went back to work. They stayed there until I was done. Then they just faded away.

I was never afraid, and I made a few bucks out of that. (They bribed us with money. a penny for every nail)

All the other times was in my old room (don't read Blue Girl in these instances if you can help it. It had shadow people in there) and in haunted buildings. Cloquet Middle is one creeepy school. PM me if you want to know the details.

O.O I'M A GHOST!!

boo